The Humboldt Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District board will meet Thursday to discuss approving a lease with RTI Infrastructure to provide a landing for up to four fiber-optic cables, including one touted as the world’s longest. The latter, a project by Trans-Pacific Networks, will link Southeast Asia to the United States, with landfall slated for […]
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Eureka Council to Discuss City Manager Post
The Eureka City Council is scheduled to meet in closed session May 27 to discuss the city manager position. The 3 p.m. meeting comes one week after the council voted 4-0, with Councilmember Heidi Messner absent, to accept the resignation of Dean Lotter, who served in the position for just four months. Lotter was placed […]
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Town Hall Aims to Bridge ‘Empathy Gap’ on Transitional Housing
True North Organizing Network will host a town hall meeting tomorrow afternoon on the need for transitional housing locally. The meeting — scheduled from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. at Christ Episcopal Church at 625 15th St. in Eureka — is intended to bridge the “empathy gap” organizers feel exists in conversations about finding shelter for […]
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‘Come into Compliance,’ Says State Water Board
On Oct. 5, 174 notices of violation from the State Water Resources Control Board were sent out by certified mail to residents of the Salmon Creek watershed in Southern Humboldt. Over the next week, the thick stacks of letters dwindled as worried neighbors signed and took home their notices. The letters stated that a property […]
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Bass Announces $4.8 Million Federal Grant, Ramped Up Needle Disposal Efforts at Packed Opioid Town Hall
Speaking before a Sequoia Conference Center packed with more than 250 people for Tuesday night’s opioid town hall meeting hosted by state Sen. Mike McGuire, Humboldt County Supervisor Virginia Bass announced the county has received a $4.8 million federal grant to create a new local opioid help center. The meeting saw presentations from a handful […]
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Supes to Gather Public Input on Budget
Looking to cut a projected $2 million in spending next fiscal year, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors will hold a simultaneous meeting at five locations throughout the county next month to gather input from constituents. The board will hold a meeting in each supervisorial district at 6 p.m. on March, with each of the […]
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Fortunans: Don’t Close the Baby Dept.
In this week’s issue of the Journal (paper version out on the street now, web version up tomorrow, Nov. 28), we write about a shortage of ob-gyn docs in Humboldt, and how St. Joseph Health System’s talk of possibly closing down Redwood Memorial Hospital’s OB program might be one of several influencing factors. Now, in […]